High-End FM?
---MIKE--- wrote:
Norman Schwartz wrote:
An inherent problem here is that a stiff
wind is likely to bring down $1000
worth of antenna and should you live in
a climate having rough winters
(wind, ice and snow combined), you
can kiss good-bye to your antenna in short order.
Not necessarily. I have had a roof antenna for 17 years. One time a
load of heavy snow caused part of the UHF to "unclick" but it was easy
to put back (but not easy to get to). I had the balun replaced once and
the coax was replaced at the same time. Other than that I have had no
problems.
Just make sure your mast is composed of equilateral triangle structures, the
base is sunk well in concrete, and the ties are adequate. The antenna may
get mangled, but the mast will be OK. It is the Buckminster Fuller way of
doing things! You will have more problems with your home owner's
association, actually. Fuller was always thinking. In an old issue of Nat
Lamp (granted, not the JAES) "he" wrote about a geodesic penis that
probably never needed Viagra. But that is another story, and would
probably not get past the moderators. :-)
The sad fact is that modern day FM, for most people, is simply an
anachronism. It's too bad, really. But such is the way of our modern
life.
mp
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